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Object Number 2004.29.22337
Display Title Street with buildings across from jungle
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea" Verso: "Native Pottery. New Guinea"
Department Photographic
Date 1881-1889
Artist William George Lawes
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Port Moresby
Dimensions Overall: 14.605 × 19.685 cm (5 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

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